When he does, he can lose his nets underneath the floating weed, incurring costs while preventing him from earning that day. Water hyacinths also cover the surface, cutting off sunlight ...

The process of refilling Badkhal lake with water from sewage treatment plant (STP) is almost complete under the Rs 79 crore revival project, but the water body has got infested with hyacinth (wild ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has spent $37 million on herbicides since 2013 to kill water lettuce and water hyacinth on ... water lettuce as a weed, “the FWC is ...

Water hyacinth, a silent ecological crisis in India’s waterbodiesHave you ever noticed a green layer of dense plants on ...

But the water hyacinth is classed as an invasive species - and is considered a weed in some parts of the world - so would need to be used in purpose-built lagoons. The findings have been published ...

Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is struggling to tackle the rapid spread of invasive water hyacinth or weed in ...

Water hyacinth, known as the world’s worst water weed, is an invasive plant that grows in polluted water and further compromises water quality. In years gone by, the whole Hartbeespoort Dam ...

An experimental project to bring hyacinth, the world’s most invasive water weed under control at Princess Vlei, has seen the release of megamelus scutellaris (water hyacinth planthoppers) as a ...

Last year, the weed covered more than 12,000 hectares of the water body and trapped several fishermen in the middle of the lake as authorities struggled to rescue them. A water hyacinth shredding ...

The aquatic plant has multiplied replacing the noxious water hyacinth weed that initially formed a thick floating mass which also made navigation difficult. Dr Christopher Aura, a scientist and ...